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Hmmm.... I have my main box with three Gentoo installs on it (same hard disk, different partitions). I'm currently running an Am3 motherboard (not the + version) with a Phenom II x6 1090t cpu, but am planning on upgrading in the near future to an Am3+ board and either a Pilediver or if they come out within late 2013 a Steamroller.

Ive been using either -march=amdfam10 and recently changed to -march=native, and have in the past upgraded boards and cpus and could always boot into Gentoo and most other distros.

With Gentoo, after a reboot I generally always do a complete emerge -e @world just to smooth any rough edges out and compile new support into the system, but when somebody mentions glibc I really notice.

Anyone think I will run into problems considering the move to a radically different board/cpu architecture that the Bulldozer and beyond hardware presents?

I was hoping to get away with perhaps first building new kernels with any needed support before switching out the board/cpu, but now I'm questioning if that would even work.

If it came to it, maybe chroot in from a Gentoo live cd and build a kernel with support for the new hardware, or even just do a compete emerge -e @world from the chroot?_________________Main box- AsRock x370 Gaming K4
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Thanks guys for the replies above. Haven't yet changed to the FX-8350, will in the next week and see if it works without a recompile.

@wrc1944 I think emerge -e @system from a chroot from a Gentoo cd will work if your upgraded pc doesn't boot.

I guess people that say you don't need a maintenance partition are wrong. A small maintenance partition compiled for generic x86_64 is a good idea.

Lennart Poettering and the move to systemd is wrong headed. They say they want to move everything to /usr cause "advanced features in today's systems can not really bootup with an empty /usr anymore." Well a small maintenance partition is one reason not to move everything and that is really needed.

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konstk,
Please let us know what happens. I assume you already have an am3+ board with a bdver2 bios update?

In my case, I'm betting I can just replace my current x6 1090t with an el cheapo am3 board with a nice high end am3+ board and piledriver or steamroller cpu, and simply reboot using my current install and hard disk. At least that's been my experience with amd systems for many years.

konstk,
Please let us know what happens. I assume you already have an am3+ board with a bdver2 bios update?

In my case, I'm betting I can just replace my current x6 1090t with an el cheapo am3 board with a nice high end am3+ board and piledriver or steamroller cpu, and simply reboot using my current install and hard disk. At least that's been my experience with amd systems for many years.

Then, change the make.conf flag to bdver2 or even just keep my current -march=native, and do an emerge -e @world.

Yes I have the ASRock Fatal1ty AM3+ board. Right now I have the Phenom II X4 965BE cpu and have the FX-8350 in a box ready to upgrade. Will try to upgrade next week. If you're thinking of getting a high end board the ASRock Fatal1ty AM3+ is very good although there are other good ones too.